Basilica Benedettina Sant'Angelo in Formis - 120

Basilica Benedettina bellissima, ricca di affreschi perfettamente conservati. Un luogo affascinante che invita alla meditazione. Da vedere!

Che bel posto. Ci sono andato per la prima volta soltanto nel giorno di Pasquetta. La basilica merita una visita per gli affreschi spettacolari. Una vista di Capua dal belvedere molto suggestiva

Invantevole

Church

Lovely church.

Beautiful church! Amazing view!

I went today from Naples. It was an arduous journey, but it needn't have been. First, I had conflicting information. Google said the site was closed. According to the woman selling tickets at the Amphitheatre in Santa Maria Capua Vettere (Old Capua), it was open. I do not know what the basis of her information was, but there is another online site that said the same. I decided to gamble and go. The only thing I had to lose was time and a gallon of sweat. I was referred to a bus. She did not know the details, and there signs for bus stops are very rare. Google indicated there would be a bus from the main train station, but there was no bus; and as I found out once I reached the church, there would be no bus because of road repairs. I walked for more than an hour, and I found the church open. It was decorated for a wedding. It turns out that when it is not "open," it is indeed open for weddings. The church has to make money somehow. The young women who were working at the church tried helping me find my way back to Naples; they were perfectly charming. One knew that there was a station just down the hill called S. Angelo in Formis and that I could find a train there back to Naples. What I later found out at the station was that you can take a train from Naples to and from Sant' Angelo in Formis, but it's not a TrenItalia train. It's a single car train, and it goes by E.A.V.; and it's well maintained and air-conditioned. Let's say you want to visit the Amphitheatre in Capua where Spartacus trained and fought. Well, there is apparently a stop on this EVA train, and it takes only another 8 minutes to reach the stop for Sant' Angelo in Formis; and they are all connected to Napoli Centrale. I am not going to attach other pictures of the church, itself. What matters is getting there and back quickly and conveniently, and I hope to make your lives easier. The schedule for the EAV trains is attached. The trains arrive (for sure) and probably depart from Napoli Centrale's lowest-numbered platforms, like 1 or 2. Try Rome2Rio, or find the E.V.A. site.

Amazing location from where you can enjoy a spacious view of the valley. Gardens full of fruit trees. The basil is rich in colorful paintings typical of Longobard art. On the upper part of the aisles and nave are paintings of religious scenes subdivided in new and old testament.